Wednesday Sep 15, 2021

Episode 1.1 Live - The Cost of Living

Jazz Transcription Clinic

Hello everyone, My name is Mirko Guerrini and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic.

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Wednesday Sep 01, 2021

Episode 3 - Pat La Barbera

Wednesday Sep 01, 2021

Hello everyone,
This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic, a monthly interviews podcast where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and their personal transcription secrets.
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is being recorded. I pay my respect to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today.
On this episode of the Jazz Transcription clinic Podcast Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: Pat La Barbera.
Pat explains his transcription process and how to make the most out of it. Pat also plays great examples on how to make the transcription process profitable and how to incorporate what you transcribe into your playing.
Transcribing app mentioned in this episode:
Amazing Slowdowner: https://www.ronimusic.com
Music Speed Changer: https://musicspeedchanger.com
Tempo SlowMo: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/tempo-slowmo-bpm-slow-downer/id460008289

Jazz solos mentioned in this episode:
Lester Young - Easy Does It: https://youtu.be/65dE4GbKCzE
Sonny Stitt: https://youtu.be/91_bFevxIp0
Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie - On the sunny side of the street: https://youtu.be/LSHevGXSKuk
Stan Getz: The way you look tonight: https://youtu.be/bTz7pj8B7BU
Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite: https://youtu.be/HmroWIcCNUI
Lester Young - I want to be happy: https://youtu.be/i7VehatbFR0
Lester Young - Back to the land: https://youtu.be/MgoJvBrKPcA
Richie Kamuca - Vamp's Blues: https://youtu.be/wza0PhuQOzE
Pat La Barbera/Kirk McDonald - Train of Thought: https://youtu.be/oxj88AzD2ok

You can check Pat La Barbera Discography here: https://www.discogs.com/artist/938325-Pat-LaBarbera
You can check Mirko Guerrini's music here: https://mirkoguerrini.bandcamp.com
Mirko Guerrini is a D'Addario artist.

Sunday Aug 01, 2021

Episode 2 - Julien Wilson

Sunday Aug 01, 2021

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is being recorded. I pay my respect to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today.
On this episode of the Jazz Transcription clinic Podcast Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: Julien Wilson.
Julien explains his transcription process and how to make the most out of it. Julien explains how to focus on the actual sound of a note and not just the pitch.
Artists mentioned by Julien are a lot, with Sydney Bechet, Stanley Turrentine, Coleman Hawkins, Harry Carney, Michael Brecker, Jan Garbarek.
"Everytime I transcribe, my time and my tone gets better".

You can check Julien's work here: https://julienwilson.com
You can check Julien's music here: https://julienwilson.bandcamp.com

You can check Mirko Guerrini here: www.mirkoguerrini.com
You can check Mirko Guerrini's music here: https://mirkoguerrini.bandcamp.com

Mirko Guerrini and Julien Wilson are D'Addario artist.

Tuesday Jun 29, 2021

Episode 1 - Claudio Giovagnoli

Tuesday Jun 29, 2021

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is being recorded. I pay my respect to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today.
On the first episode of the Jazz Transcription clinic Podcast Mirko Guerrini interviews the first guest jazz doctor: Claudio Giovagnoli.
Claudio explains his transcription process and how he made it possible to transcribe and perfectly playback a 5'35'' Michael Brecker's solo on Recorda-me.
To watch Claudio performing the solo you can click here: Michael Brecker complete solo trascription on Recordame (Joe Henderson)
You can check Claudio's work here: www.claudiogiovagnoli.it
You can check Claudio's music here: https://www.claudiogiovagnoli.it/discografia/

You can check Mirko Guerrini here: www.mirkoguerrini.com
You can check Mirko Guerrini's music here: https://mirkoguerrini.bandcamp.com

Mirko Guerrini is a D'Addario artist.

MIRKO GUERRINI

MIRKO GUERRINI was born in Florence in 1973. Has studied piano, saxophone, classical composition and jazz music at the Conservatorio “Cherubini” in Florence, as well as Jazz saxophone with Dave Liebman in New York.

Eclectic and multi-instrumentalist, composer and orchestra conductor, he has 21 Cds to his credit as a solo sax player and leader of jazz ensembles, more than 60 CDs as a sideman. He is now leading the band ‘Mirko Guerrini Horizontal Quartet’ (Andrea Keller, Tamara Murphy and Niko Schauble) and he is also the co-leader of the acclaimed band ‘Torrio!’ with Paul Grabowsky and Niko Schauble.

Guerrini has released 6 books: 2 with a selection of his compositions by the well known label Carisch Ed, and 3 educational books dedicated to the Jazz Tenor Saxophone: Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and Oliver Nelson.

As an educator, Guerrini was a Professor of Jazz Saxophone and Small Jazz Ensemble at the Conservatorio “Mascagni” in Livorno.

Since he permanently moved to Australia in 2013 he started teaching in Melbourne. Guerrini is now Adjunct Fellow and Teaching Associate at Monash University, Saxophone and Clarinet Teacher, Senior Big Band and Junior Big Band Conductor at Brighton Grammar School, Saxophone and Clarinet Teacher, Concert Band Conductor at Huntingtower School, Saxophone Teacher and Saxophone Quartet Director at Wesley College (Glen Waverley).

In 2020 Mirko Guerrini was awarded a Dean’s Sessional Commendation at Monash University for my ‘exceptional contribution to teaching and learning in the Faculty of Arts’.

He is also in great demand as a composer/conductor with different Symphony Orchestras (Orchestra “A.Toscanini” of Parma, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Orchestra della Campania and others), being the winner of International Music Competitions such as the “Concorso 2 Agosto di Bologna” (2000, 2005).

Has been invited as visiting professor at UTAS in Hobart in Australia as well as at the Banff Centre for Performing Arts in Canada (2010, 2012), and has been the Keynote speaker at a Conference on “Musical Perspectives” at the Warwick University, in Warwick, UK in 2012.